Toombs of Ancient Kings

Blog # 10 Travelling South To Hue and Hoi An

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March 13th 2011
Xin Chaoo (pronounced Seen Chow) fellow bloggers! (Hello in Vietnamese) Our Vietnam adventure continues!! We arrived in Hue after our sleeper train ride early in the morning and were transferred to our hotel along the magestick Perfume river. The first thing we noticed is the weater was warm again!! Out come the shorts and tank tops once more! Hue is an interesting city in that it was very i ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more